Online sales of pesticides helps farmers in places far from suppliers. Can we keep them out of the hands of people who shouldn’t have them? A person pulls up an online site for buying pesticides. (Illustration by News Decoder) Warning: This article contains...
Even as different places adapt differently to floods and famine, heat and cold, we have to learn how to cool down our planet together. A resident paddles through a flooded street in Bohumin, Czech Republic, 17 September 2024. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic) This article was...
On the island of Java, climate change has disrupted the traditional weather cycles, leaving residents trying to figure out how to survive months without rain. Desi (27) carries Tiffany, her child while taking water from the only source of water by sucking it up and...
News Decoder’s EYES project pilots a new curriculum to inspire teachers and engage students in a deep dive into climate change in schools. A teacher discusses climate change with students. (Illustration by News Decoder) Secondary school students in Bahir Dar,...
Artificial intelligence will change our lives in ways difficult to imagine. But we are trying to imagine it anyway. A chatbot user inquires about the future. (Illustration by News Decoder) In the United States, firefighters are using artificial intelligence and a...
Artificial intelligence shows promise and peril. But some people might find it more comforting to tell their problems to a machine than a human. A young man talks to a robot therapist. (Illustration by News Decoder) This article, by high school students Sienna Mamoun...
Journalism gave one reporter the ability to travel the world to be there when things happen. For News Decoder, her stories take us into outer space. When you read a published article on News Decoder, you’re only seeing part of the story. Who is writing it? What went...
Not too long ago, water hyacinth covered Lake Victoria in Africa. People found a tiny bug could help control it. Now farmers see the weed as a resource. Marabou storks sit on a fishing boat surrounded by water hyacinths in the shallow waters in the fishing village of...
In India, tens of thousands need kidney transplants and can’t get them. High demand and short supply makes organs a valuable commodity. A line of people queue up for an organ transplant. (Illustration by News Decoder) This article was produced exclusively for...
With fjords dying and seas rising, Danish youth will go to the polls knowing the nation’s problems are transnational. People vote at the Groendal Center in Copenhagen during the European Parliament elections in 2019. (AP Photo/Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau...